When you hear a few notes of a song you know, you're already imagining what's coming next-your mind is unconsciously singing along. One reason why psychologists think music is so powerful is that we become imagined participants in a song.
But if you heard your favorite song for the 18th time, it would probably be just as great! So if anything can help us solve the mysterious power of loops, it should be music.
If someone told you a joke for the 18th time, it’d likely be very annoying. Besides children stories, which most of us grow out of anyways, there are very few areas in life where we’re absolutely fine with repeating the same thing over and over.